'Layaway Santas' help customers at north Alabama Kmart

Kristen Sepulveda and her daughter Skylar Sepulveda, 9, become emotional after learning that an anonymous donor had paid off the balance of the family's Christmas gift purchases at the Kmart in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. A man just paid $16,000 to a Kmart in Costa Mesa to pay off more than 200 lay aways there. (AP)

ATHENS, Alabama — Employees at an Athens Kmart say anonymous donors have stepped forward to help several customers pay their layaway bills.